President George W. Bush today announced his intention to designate two
individuals to serve in his administration:

The President intends to designate Marianne Lamont Horinko of
Virginia, to be Acting Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). Ms. Horinko currently serves as Assistant Administrator
for Solid Waste & Emergency Response for the EPA. Ms. Horinko is the
former President of Clay Associates, Inc., a public policy firm devoted
to hazardous waste issues and was Project Director for the National
Sediments Dialogue, sponsored by the National Environmental Policy
Institute (NEPI), as well as Director of NEPI's "How Clean is Clean?"
project. Prior to joining the Bush Administration, Ms. Horinko served
as Attorney Advisor to Don Clay, Environmental Protection Agency
Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response, from
1989 until 1993. Earlier in her career, Ms. Horinko worked as an
attorney at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius from 1986 until 1990 and as a staff
scientist at ENVIRON Corporation from 1983 until 1986. A lifelong
environmental professional, Ms. Horinko earned her B.S. at the
University of Maryland College Park and her J.D. at Georgetown
University Law School.

The President intends to designate Stephen L. Johnson of Maryland,
to be Acting Deputy Administrator of EPA. Mr. Johnson currently serves
as Assistant Administrator of The EPA's Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS). Mr. Johnson served as the
Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator of OPPTS until May 2000. He
has held top leadership positions in that office since August 1999,
also serving as Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator and Associate
Deputy Assistant Administrator. Previously, Mr. Johnson served as
Deputy Director of EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), where he
managed the nation's pesticide programs since May 1997. Mr. Johnson has
held numerous senior level positions during his career at EPA
including: OPP's Director of the Registration Division, Director of
OPP's Field Operations Division, Deputy Director of OPP's Hazard
Evaluation Division, and Executive Secretary of the Scientific Advisory
Panel for the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Mr.
Johnson has also held staff and management positions in EPA's Office of
Research and Development and Office of Toxic Substances. Prior to
joining EPA, Mr. Johnson served as the Director of Operations at
Hazelton Laboratories Corporation and Litton Bionetics Inc. Mr. Johnson
received his B.A. from Taylor University and his M.S. from George
Washington University.